Budolph faas



R. FAAS.

GAR AXLE BOX.

Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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RUDOLPH FAAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONF'HALF TO VILLIAM TAUSSIG, OF SAME PLACE.

oAR-AxLE Box.

SPECIFICATION' forming pai-tof LettersPatenl: No. 352,612, dated November 16, 1886.

Application tiled August 2, 1886. Sci'ialNrf209,7-l0. (No modeLl To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH FAAs, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful device and Improvement for Lubricating Jolirnals on Car-Axles, of which the following is a specilication. l

rlhe usual method of lubricating car-axles is by filling the axle-box with cotton-waste and oil, the saturated waste coming in contact with thejournal. This method is not only wasteful, but liable to convey to the journal sand or other foreign matter, causing increased friction, and frequently fails to provide sufficient lubricant. Ignition and combustion follow un der certain conditions, not necessary to explain journal, practically a new device, and differs as to its construction as well as to its utility. The objects of myimprovements are, tirst, to provide la continuously-lubricated axlejournal; second, to economize in the consumption of the lubricant, and, third, to confine and protect the lubricant from accumulations or deposits of sand, dust, or other foreign matter. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical cross-section of a caraxle box, showing the relation of my device thereto and to thejournal. Fig. 2 is a plan View of frame and roller removed, with end broken to show details in construction. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional end view on line 3, Fig. 2, exhibiting the roller bearing'upon the spiral spring. Fig. 4 is a perspective end View ofthe roller in :its adjustable bearings.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

A is the journal ofthe car-axle.

B is the car-axlejournalbox.

C is thejournal-bearing.

D D is a metal frame containing the roller.

E is the roller, ol' cork, paper, leather, felt, or other material.

F is a spiral spring placed under each end of the roller and against which it acts. Y G is a self-adjusting cover, which has one side fastened on the upper edge of the rollerframe D 'D, and extends over upon the apron or roller-guards.

H is the extension ofthe frame to the opposite side of the journal-box, which serves the double purpose of securing the roller-frame firmly in its position, and enables ine to place a cover over the lubricant and inclosing it.

K is a loose metal cover over the frame H. l

O is thelubricant in the journal-box proper, and inclosed in the roller-ira1ne D D and extension H and cover K. A

a a are aprons or guards partially inelosing the roller E.

c is areceptacle for the blocks d d.

d d are the blocks which enter the receptacle c,'and on which rests the roller E.

c e are groovcsin the ends of roller-frame D D, from which the frame is constructed by the i sides'H to the opposite side of the journal-box,

thus inclosing the lubricant. j

w x are 'set screws which engage in the flanges yy.

y y are the or spool.

z is a rod with a thread on each end connecting the flanges y y.

In theconstruction of my device I place the roller E about two inches (more or less) above the bottom of the car-journal box, and when not submerged on the lubricant relying upon the motion of the wheel to agitate the lubricant against the roller E, which is protected on its upper half-circle by an apron or guards, a a, which may consist of any metal, the saine being for the purpose of keeping the roller E in position, and allowing a segment of `the roller to be presented to the journal A of the caraxle, thereby economizing in the amount flanges on the end of the roller of the \-lubricant served to the journal, the

D, of any desirable metal ,said trame D D being my device, the bottom ofthe frame D D being open, allowing the roller E to play freely in the lubricant O underneath it, or to come in contact with it by agitation.

Attached to the roller E, by the set-screws x rv, are the square blocks d d, the said blocks working freely in their receptacles C in the frame D D,surrounding the roller E, operating somewhat asa block would work-in a link. In the link-motion only we obtainthe pressure upon the blocks by means of the spiral springs F, thus keeping it constantly in contact with thejournalof the axle. The blocks d d are countersunk sufficiently to receive the spiral `springs F and to embed themselves therein,

thus preventing them from being crushed.

The roller E may consist of cork, paper, which is porous and rm,leather,felt,or other compact fibrous material, or any other substance having a capillary attraction sucient to raise and hold the lubricant and serve the journal A, as described. The reason I desire a porous roller,or one having capillary attraction, is to hold in the pores of the roller more or less of the lubricating material after the slipply in the box is exhausted, which may then be served to the journal.

In the use of one in place of two lubricators of my construction, I protect the lubricant O in the journal box B, Fig. 1, from receiving dust and other foreign matter. In order to accomplish this,I make a groove, e, in each end .at the bottom of my lubricator-frame,allowing me to construct therefrom a box or covering for the lubricant, simply by forming a square frame, H, Fig. 1, the two end pieces connected with a similar piece parallel with the axle A or my lubricator-frame, but bearing upon the opposite side of the axle-box at o, Fig. 1, to which my frame is attached, thus enabling me to use a light covering, K, of sheet-iron or any other material I may desire to use, placed upon the described frame. This excludes all dust or foreign matter, and will prevent the lubricant from being shaken out of the journal-box or displaced. It will be understood that the cover K is free and readily removed when necessary to replenish the lubricant or for any other purpose. Instead of swinging the roller E upon an ordinary axis in said frame, I place two blocks, d d, playing in corresponding receptacles, through which blocks I place set-screws x, engaging in the flanges y y of the roller proper, the flanges y y being centered and countersunk for that purpose, thereby enabling me to take up any l'ost motion that may occur tothe roller E. The rod or spindle Vhaving a thread on each end,connects the flanges y y. On theV top of the roller-frarneD D, Fig. 1, is fastened a metal selfadjusting cover, G, with its one edge resting on the apron or roller guards a a, which in- Y closes the elevated portion of the roller Eand frame. D D, and with the cover K lying underneath the journal A on the frame H, completelyincloses the lubricant O in the journalbox B.

I am aware that prior to my invention lubricators have been made by having rollers operate against the journal, and therefore I do not claim such a combination, broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

V1. The combination of the roller the metal frame D D, open upon the bottom to permit the roller E to play in or receive the lubricant which is then served upon the E with vjournal A, substantially as set forth.

substantially as above described and .set forth.'

3. The combination of the roller E, partially covered and protected by the guards or aprons a a, bearing upon the blocks d d, resting upon `the spiral springs F F, operating upon thejournal A, substantially as described.

and de- '4. The combination of the roller E with the frame D D and extension H H, with the cover K and adjustable spring-cover G, for the purpose of keeping the journal continuously lubricated and of protecting the lubricant from dirt, sand, or other foreign material, substantially as set forth and described.

5. The combination of the roller E, having capillary attraction, with the apron or guards a a, the blocks d d, the set-screws a: x, the flanges y y, centered and countersunk,the rod z, the spiral springs F F, the frame D D and H H, and covers G and K, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of the roller E on its frame D D, its adjustable bearing, and pro; tected with its aprons or guards, as above described, with the device resting upon the bottom of and in the lower corner of the journalbox and upon my device B, Fig. 1, which allows the roller E to engage with thc journal A`at an angle of about forty-tive degrees, (more or less,) as above described, thereby allowing the journal to play freely in the journal-box without injury to my roller and frame, substantially as set forth.

j RUDOLPH FAAS.

,j Witnesses:

ALLEN W. PnoK, H. C. HUNsBERGER.

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It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 352,612, granted November 16, 1886, upon the application of Rudolph Faas, of' Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement in Gar-Axle Boxes, errors appear in the printed specification requiring the following corrections: In line 90, page 1, the Word on should read in; in line 15, page 2, a. commeJ should be substituted for the period after the Word link5 and the following ford In77 shouldv commence with a. small e' making n continuous sentence; in line 16, same page, a. commeJ should be inserted after the Compound Word link-motion, in line 115, same page, the Words and upon my device should be stricken out and inserted at'the end of line 119; and that said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record 0f the case in the Patent Ofliee. Y

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 14th dey of December, A. D. 1886.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKINS,

Acting Secretary of the Interim. Countersi gn ed R. B. VANCE,

Act/ng Commissioner of Patents. 

